an argument “important but not crucial in the choice of vote” in the European elections, according to a study

Only 22% of French people consider the ecological transition a priority. According to this survey by the CSA Institute, the most concerned are the Romanians, the Italians, the Portuguese and the Spanish.

Less than two months before the European elections, a survey by the CSA Institute for Engie published Thursday April 11 shows that 53% of Europeans surveyed believe that the energy transition is an argument “important” but “not essential in the choice of vote” during the European election. Only 24% consider it a priority, and on the contrary, 15% consider it secondary.

The energy transition will be a much more important argument in the choice of list in Romania (priority for 34% of Romanians surveyed), Italy (32%), Portugal (27%) and Spain (26%). Conversely, it will be less important among German (18%), Dutch (16%) and Belgian (13%) voters. In Belgium, the subject is even secondary for 29% of Belgians questioned.

In France, the trend is average: the survey reveals that 50% of those questioned think that the energy transition argument is important but not a priority in their voting choice. 22% consider it a priority and 19% consider it secondary.

Methodology: the survey is based on a sample of 10,000 people, aged over 18, from 10 European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom, Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, Romania), interviewed between March 7 and 11, via a self-administered online panel questionnaire lasting 5 minutes, with results adjusted to take into account the weight of each country over the entire European territory.